Another successful Black Friday at Wal-Mart

dasvidana

corporate whores convincing the masses that they are in for a "deal"....... I wonder what the actual savings is for all those that fall for the Black Friday charade. My guess is that shoppers aren't saving much overall. They are just being suckered.

chadwick

fear4freedom wrote:

chadwick wrote:

wal mart needs shut down! they deserve to be burnt to the ground actually. they allow such behavior year after year. this kinda behavior is ignorant and wal mart & any other store that allows such behavior is pathetic. i say us humans boycott wal mart & any store that has practiced such greed on this thing called black friday.

i mean seriously... ppl get hurt & even die. yet year after year same style of behavior for these mindless freaks. very disturbing. wal mart & the like are classless

This happens in front of many store fronts bud! Also, its the people that are the problem....not the store!
The mindset that people are seeking things....not the meaningful things in life...love, relationships, GOD etc.

i never said it was only a wal mart thing. and it is in fact the stores' fault as well as the shoppers' fault for this bullshit behavior. year after year the same scenario is played out across this country. the stores are not just wal mart stores but others too. but for some reason wal mart is at the top of the list for this dangerous friday after thanksgiving shopping fiasco.

and as someone has stated already. there is probably no true super duper savings and is solid bullshit. and here is his or her message....

"corporate whores convincing the masses that they are in for a "deal"....... I wonder what the actual savings is for all those that fall for the Black Friday charade. My guess is that shoppers aren't saving much overall. They are just being suckered." - dasvidana

i agree with this statement 100% and i still stand by my statement that the stores years after year that have stampedes and dangerous aisles of crazed lunatics grabbing items and pushing and shoving one another... yes after awhile it is the stores' fault for putting up with the animalistic bullshit.

wal mart and the like need get a set of balls and start kickin peoples' frickin asses for acting like this. yet they don't do a frickin thing and they take in the money and scratch their own asses and pick their noses

MotoDC

Damn, check out the bottom (ish) of the screen at about 1:09. Woman gets all but mugged by some guy; all you can see are his arms and hands though, grabbing her arms and face and trying to get ahold of her items.

Side note wtf are they all fighting over? Looks like Rosetta Stone boxes for fuck's sake.

rollings

fear4freedom wrote:

chadwick wrote:

wal mart needs shut down! they deserve to be burnt to the ground actually. they allow such behavior year after year. this kinda behavior is ignorant and wal mart & any other store that allows such behavior is pathetic. i say us humans boycott wal mart & any store that has practiced such greed on this thing called black friday.

i mean seriously... ppl get hurt & even die. yet year after year same style of behavior for these mindless freaks. very disturbing. wal mart & the like are classless

This happens in front of many store fronts bud! Also, its the people that are the problem....not the store!
The mindset that people are seeking things....not the meaningful things in life...love, relationships, GOD etc.

I also disagree here.

Let's face it......people buy gifts for their children & others at Christmas. If Walmart, or any store, is offering a desired $100 item for $20, people are going to want it. Especially in the situation that many people are in with trying to stretch a dollar as best or as most that they can.

So it's not the "mindset" of the people......people are people.

However, it is the stores that are setting up these situations where 100 people want something that the store only has available for 25 people.....and the way to obtain them is to "snatch em' before the next guy".

THAT is the wrong part.....to set up such nasty situations.

Worst is that it's the same scene year after year. There's got to be a better way....such as you enter the store & pick a number......numbers ending in 5 get first dibs. ...etc etc

Because people do not act like "animals" in every situation......but do consistently in "this" situation.....I'm sorry, it's the situation's fault. And I'm not suggesting that the people are purely innocent...they're clearly not. but the stores not doing anything to prevent this behavior year after year are the main culprits

PJ_Soul

rollings wrote:

fear4freedom wrote:

chadwick wrote:

wal mart needs shut down! they deserve to be burnt to the ground actually. they allow such behavior year after year. this kinda behavior is ignorant and wal mart & any other store that allows such behavior is pathetic. i say us humans boycott wal mart & any store that has practiced such greed on this thing called black friday.

i mean seriously... ppl get hurt & even die. yet year after year same style of behavior for these mindless freaks. very disturbing. wal mart & the like are classless

This happens in front of many store fronts bud! Also, its the people that are the problem....not the store!
The mindset that people are seeking things....not the meaningful things in life...love, relationships, GOD etc.

I also disagree here.

Let's face it......people buy gifts for their children & others at Christmas. If Walmart, or any store, is offering a desired $100 item for $20, people are going to want it. Especially in the situation that many people are in with trying to stretch a dollar as best or as most that they can.

So it's not the "mindset" of the people......people are people.

However, it is the stores that are setting up these situations where 100 people want something that the store only has available for 25 people.....and the way to obtain them is to "snatch em' before the next guy".

THAT is the wrong part.....to set up such nasty situations.

Worst is that it's the same scene year after year. There's got to be a better way....such as you enter the store & pick a number......numbers ending in 5 get first dibs. ...etc etc

Because people do not act like "animals" in every situation......but do consistently in "this" situation.....I'm sorry, it's the situation's fault. And I'm not suggesting that the people are purely innocent...they're clearly not. but the stores not doing anything to prevent this behavior year after year are the main culprits

Exactly. They should just do line ups - first come first serve. That's it. Easy. Apparently Walmart hates line ups... except at the cash registers of course. :roll:

JonnyPistachio

There really is no discount that could ever lure me to this mayhem... but just curious, are the savings really that great? To wait in line and fight people? Get a fucking tent? good grief. Has anybody here ever waited in front of Walmart on black friday to get themselves some loot?

PJ_Soul

JonnyPistachio wrote:

There really is no discount that could ever lure me to this mayhem... but just curious, are the savings really that great? To wait in line and fight people? Get a fucking tent? good grief. Has anybody here ever waited in front of Walmart on black friday to get themselves some loot?

I've heard that yes, there are some deals that really are that great. I've seen lots of people say they got really nice items for only a few bucks. Even in Canada, they had "Black Friday" sales where entire stores were 50% off (but here, malls were just busy and shit. Nothing crazy).

JonnyPistachio

PJ_Soul wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

There really is no discount that could ever lure me to this mayhem... but just curious, are the savings really that great? To wait in line and fight people? Get a fucking tent? good grief. Has anybody here ever waited in front of Walmart on black friday to get themselves some loot?

I've heard that yes, there are some deals that really are that great. I've seen lots of people say they got really nice items for only a few bucks. Even in Canada, they had "Black Friday" sales where entire stores were 50% off (but here, malls were just busy and shit. Nothing crazy).

Ahh, I see. I've been seeing the cyber monday deals, and they're nothing special, so I didnt know how crazy it got or if that was comparable to black friday deals. its all just so odd to me, but oh well.

Jason P

Reminds me of my first Nine Inch Nails concert.

PJ_Soul

JonnyPistachio wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

There really is no discount that could ever lure me to this mayhem... but just curious, are the savings really that great? To wait in line and fight people? Get a fucking tent? good grief. Has anybody here ever waited in front of Walmart on black friday to get themselves some loot?

I've heard that yes, there are some deals that really are that great. I've seen lots of people say they got really nice items for only a few bucks. Even in Canada, they had "Black Friday" sales where entire stores were 50% off (but here, malls were just busy and shit. Nothing crazy).

Ahh, I see. I've been seeing the cyber monday deals, and they're nothing special, so I didnt know how crazy it got or if that was comparable to black friday deals. its all just so odd to me, but oh well.

It's odd to me too!! I wouldn't care if everything was fucking free - there is NO way I'd ever be seen at a store when that shit's going on!

cp3iverson

in my Black Friday experiences it's all in how a store handles things.

Walmart is always an open door free for all while Target is a controlled line outside and inside most of the store is roped off. People are let in 50 at a time and shopping carts are banned in most areas and workers are there to actually help you out and control things.

PJ_Soul

cp3iverson wrote:

in my Black Friday experiences it's all in how a store handles things.

Walmart is always an open door free for all while Target is a controlled line outside and inside most of the store is roped off. People are let in 50 at a time and shopping carts are banned in most areas and workers are there to actually help you out and control things.

There you go. That's how it should always be. I would say that I hope Walmart gets sued for a billion dollars because of how they do Black Friday, but since that would have to mean that people got seriously hurt or killed, I don't hope that... Could definitely happen though, and it would totally be Walmart's doing by refusing to control entry and by inciting the crowds.

hedonist

I read earlier that someone caught stealing at a Walmart on Friday was tackled/choke-held by security guards in the parking lot and later died. Goes to show idiocy is alive and well.

In the 80s, I worked for a department store at a local shopping center - and unfortunately, worked those Black Fridays too. There would be a mass of people waiting for us to lift the gate, and while they rushed in like madmen, there was none of the fighting and hair-pulling and other childish behavior we've seen lately.

Why is that? What does it say about how the "get a great deal at whatever cost and by the way, fuck you while I'm at it" mentality has changed over the past 20 or so years?

Cosmo

Nothing says 'Christmas' like the scent of Mace being sprayed in the face of Christmas shoppers by other Christmas shopper. Ho, ho, ho... Merrrry Christma.... AHHHH!!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! IT BURNS!!!! IT BURNS!!!
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Editorial note: Notice how I didn't use that Satanic word, 'Holiday'?

chadwick

someone i know bought a little flat screen to play video games on. normally $150.00 on sale for $99.00

they stood in line for 3 fucking days to get the fucker and ate meals brought to them by caring friends & family members. they also cooked beans & wieners on a coleman camp stove & bathed by way of heating pans of water & wiping themselves down with a wash cloth.

they slept in a yukon double digit negative zero sleeping bag & skinned one of those star wars horse fuckers that was in the blizzard & had smelly inards & a nasty ass

it was unreal for them

PJ_Soul

chadwick wrote:

someone i know bought a little flat screen to play video games on. normally $150.00 on sale for $99.00

they stood in line for 3 fucking days to get the fucker and ate meals brought to them by caring friends & family members. they also cooked beans & wieners on a coleman camp stove & bathed by way of heating pans of water & wiping themselves down with a wash cloth.

they slept in a yukon double digit negative zero sleeping bag & skinned one of those star wars horse fuckers that was in the blizzard & had smelly inards & a nasty ass

it was unreal for them

You're kidding, right? Who in their right mind would do that for $51?

Cosmo

chadwick wrote:

someone i know bought a little flat screen to play video games on. normally $150.00 on sale for $99.00

they stood in line for 3 fucking days to get the fucker and ate meals brought to them by caring friends & family members. they also cooked beans & wieners on a coleman camp stove & bathed by way of heating pans of water & wiping themselves down with a wash cloth.

they slept in a yukon double digit negative zero sleeping bag & skinned one of those star wars horse fuckers that was in the blizzard & had smelly inards & a nasty ass

it was unreal for them

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To save 51 bucks. That is a little over half a tank of gas in my Durango.
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Again... nothing says the spirit of the Lord, Jesus Christ... as a deal on a no-name flat screen television to play 'Call Of Duty' and 'Grand Theft Auto' on.
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Don't people watch 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', anymore?

PJ_Soul

Cosmo wrote:

chadwick wrote:

someone i know bought a little flat screen to play video games on. normally $150.00 on sale for $99.00

they stood in line for 3 fucking days to get the fucker and ate meals brought to them by caring friends & family members. they also cooked beans & wieners on a coleman camp stove & bathed by way of heating pans of water & wiping themselves down with a wash cloth.

they slept in a yukon double digit negative zero sleeping bag & skinned one of those star wars horse fuckers that was in the blizzard & had smelly inards & a nasty ass

it was unreal for them

...
To save 51 bucks. That is a little over half a tank of gas in my Durango.
...
Again... nothing says the spirit of the Lord, Jesus Christ... as a deal on a no-name flat screen television to play 'Call Of Duty' and 'Grand Theft Auto' on.
...
Don't people watch 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', anymore?

It seems that for some people, saving money has become a sport. Lately I've been seeing and hearing things that lead me to believe there is a section of the population that has become obsessed with saving money through sales and coupons. They have coupon swaps and there are all these online groups for it and shit... it's kind of weird. I assume people get so into it because getting the deal gives them a rush much like finally getting that poster or that record is a rush or a source of excitement or satisfaction for a lot of people here... But I can relate to getting excited about music and art... not fucking random shit that's on sale at Walmart or JC Penny. :?

chadwick

yes pj soul i am joking around. but the fact is they saved $50 odd dollars & only waiting in line for 97 minutes if not 83 minutes...give or take a few minutes either way

yes it is fucking bullshit that this little no name television will probably implode in a few weeks. at least they got 3 weeks worth of gaming out of the deal

hopefully one of the children will throw it through a window or something

Cosmo

PJ_Soul wrote:

It seems that for some people, saving money has become a sport. Lately I've been seeing and hearing things that lead me to believe there is a section of the population that has become obsessed with saving money through sales and coupons. They have coupon swaps and there are all these online groups for it and shit... it's kind of weird. I assume people get so into it because getting the deal gives them a rush much like finally getting that poster or that record is a rush or a source of excitement or satisfaction for a lot of people here... But I can relate to getting excited about music and art... not fucking random shit that's on sale at Walmart or JC Penny. :?

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That's it.
i mean, if someone offered me a pallet of Pampers for 15 bucks... I'd pass, because what the fuck do i need a pallet of Pampers for?
But, as you said, there are people who would buy it... because it's a great deal... not realizing they are out 15 bucks and now have to deal with a fucking pallet of Pampers.